CVE-2023-52138
Description
A flaw was discovered in the Engrampa archive manager. By default, cpio will follow stored symlinks during extraction and Engrampa does not check the symlink location. An attacker can craft a malicious cpio or ISO archive that, when extracted by a user, can exploit the vulnerability to write files on locations such as ~/.ssh, ~/.bashrc, ~/.config/autostart/ etc., to achieve full remote command execution on the target/victim system.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has determined that this vulnerability does not affect any currently supported Red Hat product. This assessment may evolve based on further analysis and discovery. For more information about this vulnerability and the products it affects, please see the linked references.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Confidentiality,Integrity
Technical Impact: Read Files or Directories; Modify Files or Directories
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